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Authorities say a California sheriff’s deputy was killed and another deputy was wounded in a shootout that also left a suspect dead

Sacramento County’s chief prosecutor has informed Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon that her office will no longer grant him jurisdiction over any crimes that involve Sacramento County because of Gascon’s special directives that have been criticized by victims’ advocates as too soft on crime.

Mending California’s coronavirus-ravaged economy and fixing a state unemployment agency that is at the center of a titanic fraud case that could exceed $2 billion are at the top of the to-do list when lawmakers resume their session on Monday.

The reason for the freeze is that the agency is trying to fix a fraud problem. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

Americans fled big cities in droves to escape the coronavirus pandemic — and many of them are staying, permanently or indefinitely.

Police are looking for a person who shot and killed two teens at a Northern California mall on Black Friday

Hank Hanson and his wife narrowly escaped a raging wildfire in California

Joseph DeAngelo, the former California police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, told his victims he was “truly sorry” for a string of rapes and murders before being sentenced to life in prison Friday.

The California Senate will delay its work because of a coronavirus outbreak at the Capitol and an increasing number of new cases across the state.

Watch as protesters arrived and congregated at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

A violent sex predator convicted of rape who, when paroled, sneaked into a child’s room and sexually assaulted her, was ordered to be released to live in a Southern California town, but local officials are fighting it, just as others fought his release into Ventura County, and in Sacramento.

A Northern California judge on Thursday approved prosecutors’ request to take more DNA samples from a man charged with being the infamous “Golden State Killer” who eluded arrest for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White also told prosecutors to informally decide who is empowered to consider defense attorneys’ offer have Joseph James DeAngelo plead guilty in exchange for…

Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a rookie Sacramento policewoman in an ambush last year.

A U.S. military contractor who was killed in a rocket attack in Iraq last month — an attack that ignited a series of reprisals between the U.S. and Iran that have inflamed tensions in the region — has been buried in Northern California, it was reported Tuesday. Nawres Waleed Hamid died on Dec. 27 at a military base near Iraq’s…

If you’re wondering why we’re getting so much heavy rain in Southern California — and the state for that matter — it has everything to do with what’s called an Atmospheric River.

A good Samaritan was fatally stabbed on a BART train after he allegedly attempted to stop a man from stealing another rider’s shoes.

LeBron James had 29 points and 11 assists, and Anthony Davis got the game-winning block, as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings.

LeBron James had 23 points and 12 assists in three quarters, Kyle Kuzma added 22 points starting for Anthony Davis, and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled past the hobbled Golden State Warriors 120-94 on Wednesday night.

RanDee McLain and Isabel Morales Vargas spent years in their military uniforms and once retired they noticed a lack of services for women transitioning from active duty. They decided to start Operation Dress Code, an event that provides business attire, help with Linkedin profiles and even provide hair and make up for veteran women. Learn more on California Live Monday,...

The man who had a brush with death at the Oakland Coliseum BART station Sunday recounted the incident Wednesday for KCRA-TV in Sacramento.